Phil 000

Welcome!

Hello, Phil 000, and welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

You might also find these policies and guidelines useful:

• What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest?
• What do we mean by Neutral Point of View?
• What sources are counted as reliable?
• What makes the subject of an article notable?
• Why was my page deleted?
• An essay containging a List of bad article ideas

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask!

If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question.

By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phil 000) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page.

There are several ways of getting help:

1. Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed!
2. Leave a message on my talk page
3. Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help
4. Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible
5. Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page

I noticed that your username may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to be the name of a company or organisation. I believe this because of the work you are doing on the London Philharmonic Orchestra article, an organisation which you appear to be 'representing'. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username. Thank you.

• Please note that an account can only be used by one person.

Wikipedia's Username policy says Explicit use of a name or url of a company, group or product as a username is not permitted. Your username should represent you. Accounts that represent an entire group or company are not permitted.

It also says here User accounts can only represent individuals. Sharing an account – or the password to an account – with others is not permitted, and doing so will result in the account being blocked.

• Please also note that changing your account name does not mean that you are not bound by the Conflict of interest guidelines.

I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 11:55, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

• Thank you for changing your user name! Happy editing -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 14:43, 26 November 2009 (UTC)